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Step by step ebook promotion guide by PublishDrive
1. Step by Step Guide to Ebook Promotion
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2. A year before the book launch
• Decide your niche and imagine your audience
• Research your future readers: who are they? What do they like? Where
can you reach them?
• Remember the time difference when posting!
• Create a writer’s page on Facebook and Goodreads
• Hire a designer to help decide on your branding
3. 2-3 months before the book launch
• join important groups on social media in your niche
• make connections, get your name known
• share bits and pieces of your writing process
• share some quotes (and pictures)
• create your email list using MailChimp
• set the book launch date
4. One month before the book launch
• upload your book to stores (but do not start selling them!)
• get reviews. Get more reviews. Get even more! Ask your friends and pay
strangers, if you have to.
• create a book trailer and share it
• find the right categories and subcategories for your book
5. One week before the book launch
• send out emails to your mailing list
• write and distribute a press release
• put your book launch team in motion
6. At the book launch
• organize interviews
• be fun
• be accessible
7. One week after your book launch
• send follow up and thank you notes to everyone involved
• use book promotion websites to distribute your book (check out the
Kindlepreneur for the list)
• ask your friends to help you with book promotion websites or hire
somebody on Fiverr
9. support@publishdrive.com
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